The Presidents of the Parliaments of Cyprus, Annita Demetriou, of Egypt, Hesham Badawy and of Greece, Nikitas Kaklamanis will today, Wednesday, 11 November hold their 2nd Trilateral Meeting hosted by the House of Representatives in Nicosia.
The meeting will also be attended by Cyprus MPs Yiorgos Karoullas, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs, Nikos Georgiou, Chair of the Committee on Energy, Trade, Industry and Tourism and the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education and Culture, Panikos Leonidou.
From Egypt, the meeting will be attended by the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Environment, former Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and Chairman of the Egypt-Cyprus Friendship Group, Tarek Radwan.
From the Hellenic Parliament, the meeting will be attended by members of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs, Eleftherios Ktistakis and Constantina Yiannakopoulou.
The Meeting will be opened by the President of the House of Representatives, followed by introductory speeches by Badawy and Kaklamanis.
The trilateral meeting will host three sections that will address the role of parliamentary diplomacy and cooperation in building peace and stability in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean region, the role of energy as a driving force of regional cooperation and the challenges and opportunities for Cyprus, Egypt and Greece, as well as the importance of strengthening parliamentary cooperation, with youth at the center.
Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Theodora Constantinidou, Energy Minister, Michalis Damianos, as well as representatives of the House of Young Representatives, the Cyprus Youth Council and the Pancyprian Federation of Student Unions are invited to participate as speakers.
A joint declaration of the three Presidents of the Parliaments will be adopted and press statements will follow.
(Source: CNA)
